Error 1600 For 5.0.1 – Quick Fix




If you’ve been on the jailbreak scene for quite some time (or even just the iPhone scene) then you’ll be familiar with the infamous ‘error 1600 occured’, and iTunes trying to fob you off. Well here’s a little quick-fix that should work for most of you.
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Steps To Remove Error 1600
1) Downoad the latest version Redsn0w and open it
2) Download the IPSW for your device and put it on your desktop
3) (For Windows Users Skip To Steps 5-7)
MAc Users – Open up terminal and type ‘sudo nano /etc/hosts’ including the spaces, press return and enter your password, then press return again;
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4) Scroll down to the line with ‘xx.xxx.xx.xxx gsm.apple.com’ – delete it and then press ‘Ctrl + X’, then press ‘Y’ and then press ‘return’ (MAC USERS GO TO STEP 8 NOW);
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5) For windows users – got to C:/Windows/System32/ drivers /etc and select the file named ‘hosts’ – right click and make sure that ‘read only’ is unchecked, then open ‘NotePad run as administrator’ and open file from within NotePad - (NB/ When searching for file in ‘etc’ folder change file type to ‘All Files’)
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6) Scroll to the very bottom of the file and select the gsm.apple.com host file, delete it and then click on ‘File’ and then ‘Save’;

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7) Right click on ‘hosts’ file and check read only and click apply;
8) Open Redsn0w and select IPSW you downloaded earlier – Click on ‘Extras’ and select ‘PWNED DFU’;
9) You’ll be prompted to enter DFU (SEARCH GOOGLE TO HELP YOU ON THIS ), do this and then Redsn0w will automatically pwn your device;
10) Open iTunes and hold ‘Option’ whilst clicking restore (Mac) or hold ‘Shift’ + clicking restore (Windows);
11) Select your IPSW (it’s on your desktop) and click ‘Open’
12) Congratulations your device should now be uploading iOS

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